creating innovation today for america's tomorrow. thanks! no problem! >>> more on >>> ted kennedy was the lion of the senate, brut he was also the cub of the kennedy family, and it was as a young man, just 30, that he made his very first appearance here on "meet the press." in fact, his mother, rose, wrote a letter in 1965 to this program's then moderator noting her boys john, robert, and teddy each made their debut on the program around the same young age. >> sthefs a stickler and kept her index box so she knew the facts about every one of us as we were sort of growing up. this was -- i can remember when my brother was a congressman and on "meet the press." it was in the winter time, and my mother and father brought us all in. this was the biggest thing that's ever happened to any kennedy, and it was always a big deal. >> reporter: a big deal and a test. that's how kennedy's brother, the president, saw it on the eve of ted's debut here in 1962. >> i thought i really had everything under control. then i came to washington to visit my brother over in the